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Recent Examples of block grant
Located between two Waukegan Housing Authority projects near downtown with a large percentage of low-income seniors, the city of Waukegan awarded a $60,000 block grant to the Waukegan Park District to improve Besley Park.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Waukegan, North Chicago and Lake County officials are now planning for the next round of block grant funding from the federal government, which traditionally provides smaller grants for people in need.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
In the meantime, Greenland receives an annual block grant from Denmark of around $506 million, which is more than half the public budget, to cover the island's Nordic-style social programs, including free health care.
—Josh Boak, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2025
Still, Copenhagen provides an annual block grant of roughly $511 million to the island which accounts for approximately 20%of Greenland’s GDP, and more than half of the public budget, according to International Trade Administration data.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Waukegan, North Chicago and Lake County officials are now planning for the next round of block grant funding from the federal government, which traditionally provides smaller grants for people in need.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
In the meantime, Greenland receives an annual block grant from Denmark of around $506 million, which is more than half the public budget, to cover the island's Nordic-style social programs, including free health care.
—Josh Boak, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2025
Still, Copenhagen provides an annual block grant of roughly $511 million to the island which accounts for approximately 20%of Greenland’s GDP, and more than half of the public budget, according to International Trade Administration data.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
Noun
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Document the encounter and seek assistance as soon as possible.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cursor’s desktop application gained popularity last year for providing coding assistance by drawing from Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are volunteer opportunities, a teen club, and during the current conflict, the Hesed has become a hub for delivering tons of humanitarian aid, trauma care, and kinship.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Of the more than $175 billion in aid that the US Congress has appropriated to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, more than $120 billion has been spent directly with US companies or on US Forces, according to conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The ready-to-wear award went to Rachel Scott of Diotima, which received a grant and access to a Google mentorship program created in partnership with FTUS.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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This week, a federal antisemitism task force announced a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts, worth nearly $9 billion, as the university faces an investigation into campus antisemitism, and Princeton University confirmed dozens of its research grants have been halted.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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